Message to the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas:
Pursuant to Article, Section 14 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, I hereby return Senate Substitute for House Bill No. 2895 with my signature approving the bill, except for the items enumerated on the attachment.
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Bill, Graves, Governor |
Agriculture--Technical Corrections
Sections 17(j) and 17(k) have been line-item vetoed in their entirety.
The expenditure limitations on the Department's Fertilizer Fee Fund and Pesticide Use Fee Fund reference incorrect amounts. Because I agree that the Department of Agriculture should spend $50,000 to evaluate the safety of cantainment facilities, I am vetoing language that would prevent this expenditure. I also veto the language that would incorrectly raise the expenditure limitation on the Pesticide Use Fee Fund from $416,010 to $475,472. This action will result in a net decrease of $8,945 in FY 1998 expenditures.
All Agencies--Salary Plan Duplication
Sec. 49 has been line-item vetoed in its entirety.
This section authorizes salary increases in accordance with the proposal I submitted to the Legislature for state employee pay. However, it duplicates the same salary authority approved in SB 501, which was also passed by the Legislature. SB 501, which I have signed into law, is the preferred means for implementing the salary increase because it allows the salaries of elected officials to be updated in substantive law to include salary levels effective for FY 1999. I veto this section as a technical action to avoid duplication and the potential for confusion.
Operating expenditures (including
official hospitality) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$200,000 |
Adult basic education For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$29,494 |
Supplemental general state aid For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$409,000 |
KPERS--employer contributions For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$207,297 |
Community college credit hour state
aid For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$1,090,842 |
School district juvenile detention
facilities and Flint Hills job corps center grants For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$219,046 |
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 | $259,419 |
Unified school district no. 207, Fort
Leavenworth For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$1,310,760 |
Special education services aid For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$5,850,000 |
Operating expenditures relating to
interstate water rights regarding theRepublican river and its
tributaries For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$980,000 |
Planning for transitional centers For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$200,000 |
Community corrections For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$1,179,125 |
Treatment and programs For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$250,000 |
Conservation camp for female
offenders For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$455,750 |
Local jail payments For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$200,000 |
Technology project | $2,400,000 |
Technology project For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000 |
$600,000 |
Operating expenditures--implementation
of 1998 House Bill No. 2531 For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$120,925 |
Operating expenditures--implementation
of 1998 House Bill No. 2972 For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$152,532 |
Aid to local units For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$250,000 |
Relocation from Mills building For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$164,148 |
Food inspection fee fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$0 |
Applied research matching grants | $108,500 |
Kansas sports hall of fame | $150,000 |
Motion picture and television sales tax reimbursement | $100,000 |
Kansas export data base study | $20,000 |
Annual survey of Kansas manufacturers | $45,000 |
Kansas guardianship program For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$26,482 |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$375,000 |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$611,112 |
* Note: everything in this box has been line
itemed vetoed.
(j) On the effective date of this act, the
expenditure limitation estab- |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$159,030 |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$68,310 |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$3,160,500 |
Management information systems For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$2,459,393 |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$5,660 |
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 | $13,000 |
Homestead tax refunds For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$1,800,000 |
Operating expenditures--Kansas
veterans' home For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$530,512 |
Sewer upgrade on state campus at
Winfield For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$1,080,000 |
Veterans home federal construction
grant fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$10,641,400 |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$298,933 |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$12,338 |
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 | $1,092,074 |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$8,100 |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$60,000 |
EDIF--local government outdoor
recreation grants For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$500,000 |
Ethnic minority scholarship
program For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$35,000 |
Operating expenditures (including
official hospitality) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$9,855 |
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 | $90,821 |
Operating expenditures (including
official hospitality) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$491 |
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 | $4,731 |
Remodel for energy-balance laboratory | No limit |
Ellsworth hall renovation fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
No limit |
Integrated library system For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$130,000 |
Operating expenditures (including
official hospitality) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$12,228 |
Agricultural experiment stations
(including official hospitality) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$240,090 |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$2,156 |
Construct storage bay #3 For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$1,900,000 |
Operating expenditures (including
official hospitality) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$54,329 |
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 | $102,775 |
Services to hospital authority
fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
No limit |
Direct medical education reimbursement
fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$2,428,197 |
Construct and equip center for health
in aging--gift and grant fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
No limit |
Construct and equip addition to
research support facility--gift and grant fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
No limit |
Facilities Management For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$50,000 |
Long-term care ombudsman For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$102,108 |
Memorial hall debt service For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$219,201 |
Performance review board For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$40,000 |
Statehouse historic structures
report For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$200,000 |
Memorial & Landon steam tunnel and walkway planning andconstruction | $40,000 |
Performance review clearing fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
No limit |
Older Americans act long term care
ombudsman federal fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
No limit |
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 | No limit |
Long term care ombudsman gift and
grant fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
No limit |
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 | No limit |
Memorial hall renovation fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
No limit |
Microwave interconnection fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$116,800 |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$288,257 |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$789,158 |
Repossessed certificates of title fee
fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
No limit |
Mental health and retardation services
aid and assistance and state institutions operations For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998[cm$3,304,198[cm |
Community based services For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$2,025,000 |
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 | $2,255,000 |
Youth services aid and assistance For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$1,218,000 |
Other medical assistance For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$36,400 |
Sex predator program For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$273,934 |
State operations For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$557,142 |
Childrens health insurance For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$12,000,000 |
Energy assistance block grant federal
fund For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
No limit |
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 | No limit |
Sex predator new construction planning
and remodeling For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$1,334,217 |
Administration For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 |
$550,000 |
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 | $1,817,892 |
Legislative coordinating
council--operations For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$125,000 |
Legislative coordinating
council--Kansas public employees retirementsystem defined
contribution plan evaluation and study For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$100,000 |
Legislative research
department--operations For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$25,000 |
* Note: everything in this box has been line
itemed vetoed.
Sec. 49. (a) In accordance with
appropriations for the fiscal year end- |
Sec. 50. (a) In addition to the other
purposes for which expenditures
may be made by the attorney general from moneys appropriated
from
the state general fund or from any special revenue fund for the
fiscal year
ending June 30, 1998, as authorized by section 31 of chapter 123
or
section 33 of chapter 192 of the 1997 Session Laws of Kansas or as
au-
thorized by this or other appropriation act of the 1998 regular
session of
the legislature, or for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, as
authorized
by this or other appropriation act of the 1998 regular session of
the leg-
islature, expenditures shall be made by the attorney general from
such
appropriations for fiscal year 1999 or fiscal year 1999 to
renegotiate and
amend the state's contract with the law firms of Entz & Chanay,
P.A.,
Scruggs, Millette, Lawson, Bozeman & Dent, P.A., and Ness,
Motley,
Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A., by which contract such
firms agreed
to provide legal services to the state of Kansas for the purpose of
seeking
injunctive relief, monetary relief (including, without limitation,
damages
and civil penalties) and other relief against tobacco industry
companies
and related entities in litigation arising from the advertising,
marketing,
manufacturing, promotion, sale and/or distribution of cigarettes
and other
tobacco products, to limit the attorney fees under such contract in
ac-
cordance with this section and the attorney general is hereby
authorized
and directed to renegotiate and amend such contract in accordance
with
this section.
(b) The amendments to such contract shall
provide for the limiting
of attorney fees and for attorney fees under such contract to be
deter-
mined as follows:
(1) For the first $10,000,000 recovered, the
rates and amounts of
attorney fees shall not exceed:
(A) For moneys recovered through settlement, the
rate for attorney
fees shall be not more than 12.5% and the amount of such attorney
fees
shall not exceed $1,250,000;
(B) for moneys recovered after the commencement
of trial, the rate
for attorney fees shall be not more than 25% and in an amount not
to
exceed $2,500,000; and
(C) for moneys recovered after the commencement
of an appeal of
the trial court judgment, the rate for attorney fees shall be not
more than
37.5% and in an amount of not to exceed $3,750,000;
(2) For the next $90,000,000 recovered, the
rates and amounts of
attorney fees shall not exceed:
(A) For moneys recovered through settlement, the
rate for attorney
fees shall be not more than 12.5% and the amount of such attorney
fees
shall not exceed $2,500,000;
(B) for moneys recovered after the commencement
of trial, the rate
for attorney fees shall be not more than 12.5% and the amount of
such
attorney fees shall not exceed $5,000,000; and
(C) for moneys recovered after the commencement
of an appeal of
the trial court judgment, the rate for attorney fees shall be not
more than
12.5% and the amount of such attorney fees shall not exceed
$7,500,000;
(3) For the next $900,000,000 recovered, the
rates and amounts of
attorney fees shall not exceed:
(A) for moneys recovered through settlement, the
rate for attorney
fees shall be not more than 2% and the amount of such attorney
fees
shall not exceed $5,000,000;
(B) for moneys recovered after the commencement
of trial, the rate
for attorney fees shall be not more than 2% and the amount of
such
attorney fees shall not exceed $10,000,000;
(C) for moneys recovered after the commencement
of an appeal of
the trial court judgment, the rate for attorney fees shall be not
more than
2% and the amount of such attorney fees shall not exceed
$15,000,000;
(4) For moneys recovered in excess of
$1,000,000,000, the rates and
amounts of attorney fees shall not exceed:
(A) for moneys recovered through settlement, the
rate for attorney
fees shall be not more than 2% and the amount of such attorney
fees
shall not exceed an amount which would cause the total amount of
attor-
ney fees under such contract to exceed the total contract
limitation on
attorney fees of $20,000,000;
(B) for moneys recovered after the commencement
of trial, the rate
for attorney fees shall be not more than 2% and the amount of
such
attorney fees shall not exceed an amount which would cause the
total
amount of attorney fees under such contract to exceed the total
contract
limitation on attorney fees of $20,000,000; and
(C) for moneys recovered after the commencement
of an appeal of
the trial court judgment, the rate for attorney fees shall be not
more than
2% and the amount of such attorney fees shall not exceed an
amount
which would cause the total amount of attorney fees under such
contract
to exceed the total contract limitation on attorney fees of
$20,000,000.
(c) In addition, the amendments to such contract
shall provide that:
(1) The total amount of attorney fees paid
pursuant to the such con-
tract shall not exceed $20,000,000. The division of attorney fees
paid
pursuant to the such contract between national counsel and local
counsel
shall be a matter resolved by the various private counsel.
(2) The actual amount of attorney fees shall be
determined in ac-
cordance with the contract, as amended in accordance with this
section,
in accordance with 1995 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 226, MRPC 1.5, in
accord-
ance with the terms of any settlement agreement or any other
resolution
process.
(3) The limitations on attorney fees prescribed
by the contract, as
amended in accordance with this section, shall not apply to fees
which
the tobacco defendants may be directly liable for and which are
paid to
one or more of such firms, except that any such attorney fees
awarded
and paid to such firms shall be credited toward the attorney fee
limitations
prescribed by this section and provided for in the amended
contract.
(d) The amendments to such contract shall
provide for attorney fees
under such contract to be reviewed and determined as follows:
(1) As required by the model rules of
professional conduct
(MRPC)1.5(d), upon conclusion of the case, counsel shall provide to
the
attorney general a written statement on the outcome of the case. If
there
is a monetary recovery, the statement shall set forth the state of
Kansas
share of the recovery and shall specify the amount and the method
of
determination. The statement shall also specify what the counsel
consider
to be their reasonable expenses and attorneys fees. The contract
shall
provide for a copy of the statement to be provided to the president
of
the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and any
member
of the legislature of Kansas who requests a copy of such
statement.
(2) After receiving such statement, the attorney
general shall file an
application for such review of the attorney fees and expenses. The
attor-
ney general shall file an application for such review with the
Kansas su-
preme court and, if the Kansas supreme court does not conduct the
initial
review, shall file an application for such review with an
appropriate Kansas
state district court. After any such review by a Kansas state
district court,
the attorney general shall consider whether the decision of the
Kansas
state district court should be appealed to the Kansas supreme
court.
(3) In the event a settlement is concluded with
a provision for the
payment of attorney fees and expenses by award of an arbitration
panel
from funds provided by the defendant tobacco companies, counsel
will
seek the recovery of their reasonable expenses and attorney fees in
ac-
cordance with that arbitration process and will elect not to seek
the same
from the state of Kansas pursuant to this contract.
Sec. 51.
Grants to libraries and library
systems For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$50,000 |
Operating expenditures For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 |
$700,000 |
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Speaker of the House. |
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Chief Clerk of the House. |
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President of the Senate |
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Secretary of the Senate. |
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Governor. |